Sleeper race: NC-06
The sleeper race to watch in North Carolina is one in North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District. Longtime Congressman Howard Coble is retiring, making it an open seat race. Conventional wisdom says that it’s a Republican seat, but that may not be true for long....
Accountability issues
Another Pat McCrory cabinet secretary is under scrutiny again. First, it was Kieren Shanahan, the Secretary of Public Safety who thought that the job was a part-time gig. McCrory apparently couldn’t see the potential conflicts of interests or the problem of Shanahan...
Lonely tweets
Somebody needs to take Thom Tillis’s twitter account away from him. And if it’s not him tweeting, then somebody else needs to be relieved of it. I’m guessing that the Speaker was snowed in Wednesday and bored. Throughout the day and night, his account was putting out...
Conspiracy theory
For years, the Tin Foil Hat caucus that supports Randy Voller now, and supported David Parker before, spent much of their time obsessing over conspiracy theories about hidden scandals within the state Democratic Party headquarters. One story line centers on...
The buck stops there…or there…or there
Aldona Wos is at it again. This time, she’s pissing off Republicans in the legislature. Apparently, she’s spending their money without telling them. According to the News and Observer, Wos asked for a Medicaid waiver without telling the General Assembly....
Comrade Voller
Ever notice how Randy Voller looks like an overweight Vladimir Lenin? Well, now you can notice how his leadership style mimics the Bolshevik leader also. Voller has decided that he’s dictator of the Democratic Party. First, he fired a competent executive director with...
The Manchurian Chair
And just when we thought the North Carolina Democratic Party was back on track, Randy Voller reminds us that he’s still chair. Yesterday, Voller, against the wishes of the executive committee, fired executive director Robert Dempsey. Apparently, Dempsey’s gotten too...
Moral March crowd estimate
Figuring out how many people were at the Moral March today is relatively easy using some accepted methods of estimating crowd size. At a fairly densely populated event, each person takes up roughly 4.5 square feet. Since everyone was confined to a rectangular space...
Here comes the cavalry
Here comes the cavalry. Patriot Majority USA, a Democratic super PAC, announced it’s going spend $500,000 on behalf of Kay Hagan beginning next week. That’s after Republican super PACs, most notably Americans for Prosperity, have spent almost $7 million over the past...
Not ready for prime time
Poor Phil Berger, Jr. He can’t even get his TV ad right. Obviously, the guy can’t deliver a line. His tweets and press releases have all been cookie-cutter talking points. Now, his ad is so visually erratic that it buries his message. Watch it. There’s not a single...
